2. Division: Group A match prediction and preview for Bragança vs AR São Martinho clash

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group A
Date: Sun 12.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Bragança languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting AR São Martinho will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting AR São Martinho have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-12-8 (win-draw-loss) from 31 matches.

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Bragança form and stats

Bragança's struggle is real here with only 6 points collected from 8 2. Division: Group A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4. All in all it has been a very rough period for Bragança who hasn’t won a game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Camara de Lobos, 133 days ago. With seven home games in a row without a win, the Bragança fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Montalegre game long ago, can be stopped today.

Bragança manager Fernando Silva and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Cerveira (placed 17th) in the 2. Division: Group A. Ahead of that match, Bragança lost 0-3 at home to Uniao Madeira.

Bragança has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

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AR São Martinho form and stats

3-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for AR São Martinho in their 2. Division: Group A matches away.

The supporters enjoyed AR São Martinho's previous game versus Chaves II (placed 14th), a 2. Division: Group A 4-1 win played at home. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Berco.

AR São Martinho are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 0 Bragança victories, 1 draw and 1 AR São Martinho win. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

 Vasco Costa
Vasco Costa
9 goals
 João Abreu
João Abreu
5 goals

Bragança missing players

AR São Martinho missing players

Bragança AR São Martinho
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 7 16
2 1 1 Won W 1 3 7
6 3 0 Drew D 1 2 4
8 4 2 Lost L 0 2 5
14 8 3 Scored S 4 9 27
23 13 6 Conceded C 2 6 19
81% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 94%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 81%
50% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 50%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 38%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 19%
50% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 56%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 25%
44% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 25%
 
5.1 4.5 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 9 6 6.5
5.3 4.5 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 7.8 6.5
3.3 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
63 12 12 Total Shots T S 9 40 109
25 4 4 Shots on Target S O 4 22 56
24% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 39%
Key stats in 2. Division: Group A this season:
  • AR São Martinho has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
  • Bragança has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
  • Bragança have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vizela 16 12 2 2 37 10 7 6 1 0 20 3 9 6 1 2 17 7 27 38
2 Sporting Braga II 16 11 2 3 34 14 8 7 1 0 20 3 8 4 1 3 14 11 20 35
3 Fafe 16 10 2 4 24 13 8 7 0 1 16 6 8 3 2 3 8 7 11 32
4 Vitoria Guimaraes II 16 9 3 4 28 17 8 6 1 1 16 7 8 3 2 3 12 10 11 30
5 Maria da Fonte 16 7 7 2 33 17 8 4 2 2 22 10 8 3 5 0 11 7 16 28
6 Merelinense 16 8 4 4 28 22 8 6 1 1 15 7 8 2 3 3 13 15 6 28
7 Berco 16 7 4 5 28 22 6 3 3 0 13 6 10 4 1 5 15 16 6 25
8 AR São Martinho 16 7 4 5 27 19 9 4 2 3 18 13 7 3 2 2 9 6 8 22
9 Montalegre 16 6 4 6 26 23 8 4 2 2 15 9 8 2 2 4 11 14 3 22
10 Maritimo II 16 4 8 4 21 22 8 3 4 1 14 13 8 1 4 3 7 9 -1 20
11 Uniao Madeira 16 6 2 8 17 33 7 2 2 3 6 9 9 4 0 5 11 24 -16 20
12 Mirandela 16 5 3 8 14 21 9 4 2 3 11 8 7 1 1 5 3 13 -7 18
13 Pedras Salgadas 16 4 4 8 15 27 9 3 2 4 8 13 7 1 2 4 7 14 -12 16
14 Chaves II 16 3 6 7 27 28 7 2 2 3 14 10 9 1 4 4 13 18 -1 15
15 Bragança 16 2 6 8 14 23 8 1 3 4 8 13 8 1 3 4 6 10 -9 12
16 Oliveirense 16 2 6 8 16 26 8 1 5 2 9 9 8 1 1 6 7 17 -10 12
17 Cerveira 16 2 5 9 16 35 9 1 3 5 8 16 7 1 2 4 8 19 -19 11
18 Camara de Lobos 16 2 2 12 10 43 9 1 1 7 7 20 7 1 1 5 3 23 -33 8

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The Campeonato de Portugal is the third-level football league in Portugal. It currently has four divisions based on geographic criteria. Each division has 18 teams who play each other home and away to decide a final league table. The top eight teams in total (two from each division) play a playoff to decide promotion.